12 October 2011
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Books and Poetry
The winners of the 2011 European Union Prize for Literature have been announced
The winners of the 2011 European Union Prize for Literature (contemporary fiction), which recognises the best new or emerging authors in the EU, were announced at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Robert Adams, Chair of the Writers' Guild Books Co-op was one of the judges.
The winners:
Bulgaria
Kalin Terziyski -Is there anybody to love you (short stories)
Czech Republic
Tomáš ZmeškalT-Milostný - dopis klínovým písmem/ A Love Letter in Cuneiform Script
Greece
Kostas Hatziantoniou - Agrigento
Iceland
Ófeigur Sigurðsson - Jon
Latvia
Inga Zolude- Mierinājums Ādama kokam/A Solace for Adam’s Tree (a collection of stories)
Liechtenstein
Iren Nigg - Man wortet sich die Orte selbst/ Wording the Places Oneself
Malta
Immanuel Mifsud - Fl-Isem tal-Missier (tal-iben)/In the Name of the Father (and of the Son))
Montenegro
Andrej Nikolaidis - Sin/The Son
The Netherlands
Rodaan Al Galidi - De autist en de postduif/ The Autist and the Carrier-Pigeon
Serbia
Jelena Lengold - Vašarski Mađioničar/ Fairground Magician
Turkey
Ciler Ilhan - Sürgün/ Exile
United Kingdom
Adam Foulds - The Quickening Maze
